On December 18, 1999, IBM published its
modifications and additions to the Linux 2.2.13 code base for the support
of the S/390 architecture. This port is designed to run under VM/ESA, in
an LPAR, and on the bare iron. The code has subsequently been rolled
into the 2.2.15 level and work is underway to bring the modifications to
the 2.3.x development level.

There are now many many individuals and
organizations helping to take this fledgling port from a curiosity to a
production platform. Already, several important packages have been rebuilt
to run under Linux/390 without the need for modification to the source
code. In most instances a simple running of the configuration script is
all that is required to get things running. Some of the packages up and
running include:

sendmail 8.9.3

bind 8.2.2-p5

sshd 1.2.27

hercules 1.46

BOCHS

Big Brother 1.3a

Lynx 2.8.2

Emacs 20.5a

THE 3.0

Regina 0.08h

OpenSSL

linuxconf 1.17r2

wxxt-1.67

Postgresql-6.5.3

Apache 1.3.9

Samba 2.0.6

ncFTP 3.0b21

PGP 5.0i

cron 3.0.1

PHP 3.0.14

ytalk 3.1.1

perl 5.005_3

ltxml 1.1

GIMP

mySQL (in progress)

Interested in helping? Then join the
LINUX-VM
mailing list. This list is devoted to all environments in which Linux/390
will run. Send mail to the listserver with a body containing SUBSCRIBE
LINUX-VM and get involved.